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This year the harvest is earlier due to the sun that is been with us since the last days of august. So the cellar is getting ready to receive the grapes. these last two weeks we´ve been preparing the deposits and bottling some godello wine that still was waiting for its moment. It will spend few months in the bottle before being ready for its consumption. Meanwhile, we focus in the new harvest that seems is going to be spectacular.

Adega Avelina took part in 2013 edition of the San Sebastián Gastronomika Salon joining the DO Valdeorras stand. We collaborated in promoting our wines with the slogan #comparte1valdeorras and attended some of the events of this important gastronomic salon. It also was a chance to know better the gastronomic passion they have in the Vasc Country and to meet chefs as the ones in the picture: Andrés Berasategui, Pedro Subijana and Hilario Arbelaitz.

This year´s harvest has started a bit late for our cellar due to the strange climate we had during the summer. It did not affect though to the quality of the grapes as the late ripening brought aromas and a good grade. It took us around two weeks to harvest our seven hectares of vineyards. picking up 150.000 kilograms of grapes as part of Valdeorras appellation of origin.

Casal de Furcos ROCÍO godello 2012 has received a bronze medal in Mezquita Prizes held by Cordoba´s Wine Club. This was the XIX edition of one of the most renowned wine contests in Spain as they received more than four hundred samples of wines coming all along the country. We take this prize as an evidence of the good evolution of our godello, nearly one year after the harvest.